...Fen-may Liou Purpose Based on a strategic group concept, the purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of resource employments on persistent performance in the pharmaceutical industry. Design/methodology/approach In departing from previous research, this paper takes an inverted approach...

... group level of analysis was employed. Generic strategy, environmental uncertainty, and performance were measured by previously validated scales. Findings The combination strategy‐performance linkage was supported in Turkey and the USA. In China, the highest performing strategic group emphasized...

...‐differentiation combination strategy was associated with high performance in strategic groups whose businesses possess strong management and technology capabilities. These findings highlight the importance of developing strategy‐specific capabilities as a foundation for superior performance. Research...

...Howard Thomas; Howard Thomas; Xiaoying Li Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the strategic profiles and differences across globally leading business schools. Design/methodology/approach This paper used the concepts of strategic group identity and domain consensus to examine...

...George Panagiotou Purpose The concept of strategic groups is a central theme in the field of strategic management, and over time it has been used by a considerable body of theoretical and empirical literature to examine different aspects of competitive strategy. However, to date, there has been...

... in the field, but proposes an original framework for assessing and evaluating competitive strategies. John A. Parnell can be contacted at: john.parnell@uncp.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Strategic groups Competitive strategy. Business performance Much of our understanding...

..., despite its weaknesses, it has survived its criticisms and is still used in industrial organisations (IOs) for the purposes of competitive analysis. In time, the framework has also been adopted by strategic management, and in the area of strategic groups it holds a prominent position in the literature...